Actually, whilst many young'uns use kilometres, kilograms, etc as weights and measures, many old folk (and until 2010, I think, all road signs) in the UK use miles or mph.
Well, what about the currency of one European nation? Yes. Well, two anyway. Back in 1971 the UK and (the Republic of) Ireland changed to the decimal system in currency.
Before that date, a pound consisted of 20 shillings, each of which consisted of twelve pence. In 1971 the Govt. changed this so that a pound consists of 100 pence - they kept the "two shilling" name on the 10 pence coin for a while (they may even have kept the "one shilling" name on the 5p, but I don't recall ever seeing that).
Not entirely successful: A lot of people blame it for a huge price hike in the 1970s, when shopkeepers who (for example) charged "one shilling" = 12 old pence for an item under the old system charged 12 new pence ( = two-and-a-bit shillings) under the new. Also, people complained that they didn't know whether "a pound" now referred to the "old-style" pound or the "new style" pound (in the Commonwealth outside Britain and Ireland, people changed from a 20-shilling pound to a 100-cent dollar or shilling.)
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Isn't it obvious? Bees are moving to countries with better mobile phone infrastructures!
Actually, whilst many young'uns use kilometres, kilograms, etc as weights and measures, many old folk (and until 2010, I think, all road signs) in the UK use miles or mph.
Before that date, a pound consisted of 20 shillings, each of which consisted of twelve pence. In 1971 the Govt. changed this so that a pound consists of 100 pence - they kept the "two shilling" name on the 10 pence coin for a while (they may even have kept the "one shilling" name on the 5p, but I don't recall ever seeing that).
Not entirely successful: A lot of people blame it for a huge price hike in the 1970s, when shopkeepers who (for example) charged "one shilling" = 12 old pence for an item under the old system charged 12 new pence ( = two-and-a-bit shillings) under the new. Also, people complained that they didn't know whether "a pound" now referred to the "old-style" pound or the "new style" pound (in the Commonwealth outside Britain and Ireland, people changed from a 20-shilling pound to a 100-cent dollar or shilling.)
The anti-SCO funding conspiracy has widened to include IBM, AMD, *and* SCO!
Heh.